[USMA:27144] Re: Grocerys

[CarletonM]

In a message dated 2003-10-09 00:20:56 Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: None of the scales have anything in metric.  All the legends on the scale were ip.  I wouldn’t even dream of asking for my roast beef or turkey in grams.  I would probably be looked at like I was speaking a foreign language. Phil At the deli, to avoid using unpleasant units when asking for potato salad or the like, I just say "the medium container" or "the big container" or whatever -- that's what most people really want anyway, the container filled.  At Subway it's always "the small sandwich" or "the big sandwich" so I don't have to say "six inch" or "footlong".  It seems to work.   Carleton